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1、ThisbookoffersareappraisalofChurchill'sroleasBritain'swartimeleader,andinparticularreconsidershisresponsetothedominantstrategicchallengesofhisfirstyearasprimeminister.Basedonadetailedexaminationofthepublicandprivaterecordsofbothpoliticalandmilitaryleaders,DrLawloranalyses
2、whatwereoftenconflictingviewsandreactionstoevents.ShesuggeststhatChurchill'sownpositionreflectedtheuncertainties,differencesandvacillationsofhiscolleagues,andthathewasafarmoresophisticatedandastutepoliticianthanheallowedhimselftoappear.Thefirstpartofthebookconsidersthevar
3、iousreactionsamongtheBritishleadershiptothefallofFranceandtheBattleofBritain.TothestrategiccomplexitieswereaddedChurchill'sowncomplexrelationswiththeconservativepartyandhispredecessor,NevilleChamberlain.ThesecondandthirdpartsanalysethediscussionsanddecisionswhichledtoBrit
4、ishactionintheMiddleEastandtosendingmilitarysupporttoGreece;theyconsiderhowGreecebecameascentralasTurkeytoBritain'spositionintheMiddleEast-achangewhichwastohaverepercussionsforthefinalpost-warsettlement.Churchillandthepoliticsofwar,1940-1941Churchillandthepoliticsofwar,19
5、40-1941SheilaLawlorCAMBRIDGEUNIVERSITYPRESSCAMBRIDGEUNIVERSITYPRESSCambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown,Singapore,SaoPauloCambridgeUniversityPressTheEdinburghBuilding,CambridgeCB22RU,UKPublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyCambridgeUniversityPress,NewYorkwww.Cambrid
6、ge.orgInformationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9780521445450©CambridgeUniversityPress1994Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexceptionandtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements,noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewrittenpermissionofCambr
7、idgeUniversityPress.Firstpublished1994Reprinted1995AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibraryLibraryofCongressCataloguinginPublicationdataLawlor,Sheila.Churchillandthepoliticsofwar,1940-1941/SheilaLawlor.p.cm.Basedontheauthor'sthesis(Ph.D.)-Univers
8、ityofCambridge.Includesbibliographicalreferences.ISBN05214454501.WorldWar,1939-1945-GreatBritain
